The Democrats Are in a Class of Their Own

Updated Aug. 7, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

One can only hope, for the good of the country, that Democrats follow Steve Rattner's advice to follow a class warfare strategy, and go right off a political cliff ("The Mother of All Electoral Issues," Business World, July 19). His ideas are surely incoherent to all but the dwindling cadre of true believers of the old left. He asks us to take it on faith that if someone makes $30,000 a year and sees his income grow 3% in a year, he is somehow hurt if a neighbor earns $100,000 and gets a 6% raise. Or, that the low earner would somehow benefit if the high earner gained just 1%, thereby reducing dreaded...